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30 years ago in reason.


"The GOP is in fact a chicken whose head has been cut off. It will run around on its two feet, flap its wings, bang this way and that ... until finally in spasms it collapses into final permanent oblivion. Whether that last will occur by 1978 or 1982 is immaterial; the end is inevitable."

--Roger Lea MacBride, "Happy Days are Here Again"

"The common denominator common denominator
n.
1. Mathematics A quantity into which all the denominators of a set of fractions may be divided without a remainder.

2. A commonly shared theme or trait.
 among [previous Nobel laureates Winners of the Nobel Prize are scientists, writers and peacemakers who have been awarded in their field of endeavour, and who are known collectively as either Nobel laureates or Nobel Prize winners. ] is their general acceptance of the Keynesian framework.... Professor Hayek thus became the first thorough-going free-market economist to win the prize."

--Richard M. Ebeling, "Friedrich von Hayek and the Nobel Prize in Economics The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, commonly called the Nobel Prize in Economics, is a prize awarded each year for outstanding intellectual contributions in the field of economics. "

"Government economists, in the decades since they have taken on the task of ministering to the economy, have become adept at curing our ills by semantic redefinition."

--Murray N. Rothbard, "Semantic Trickery Trickery
See also Cunning, Deceit, Humbuggery.

Bunsby, Captain Jack

trapped into marriage by landlady. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son]

Camacho

cheated of bride after lavish wedding preparations. [Span. Lit.
 and Economic Health"
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Date:Jan 1, 2005
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